(NBC Primetime, 1975 - 1976) [alternate title: "NBC Mystery Movie: McCoy"; It was added to the rotating group of series which aired under the umbrella title "The NBC Mystery Movie"; The McCoy character was a curious concept -- a con man with a gambling addiction decides to turn over a new leaf and become a latter-day Robin Hood -- to help those who have been financially victimized to regain their money and put the perpetrators in jail; The concept may have had more than a passing co-incidence with that of the hit 1973 movie "The Sting" in which a con man con's a notorious mob figure and card cheat; It may have been confused with another one of the rotating series of NBC's "Mystery Movie" -- "McCloud" starring Dennis Weaver -- playing a New Mexico deputy on temporary assignment in New York City; But whatever the reason, "McCoy" unfortunately failed to catch on with the public so only four episodes aired...]
[above is the THEME created for the rotating umbrella series of which "McCoy" was one -- "The NBC Mystery Movie"... above is the title as filed for copyright; ASCAP titles are: "Mystery Movie (Signature)"; aka: "Mystery Movie Theme"; aka: "Mystery Movie Main Title"] Composer: Henry Mancini (ASCAP) [professional name of Enrico Nicola Mancini] 1978 Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1998 Publisher: MCA/On Backstreet Music, Inc. (ASCAP), c/o MCA Music Publishing/ a division of Universal Studios, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Oct. 13, 1971; Eu 283 321. Renewal Date: Jan. 15, 1999; RE-801-021. Recording:
[ASCAP alternate title aka: "McCoy Theme"] Composer: Richard ("Dick") De Benedictus (ASCAP) Orig. Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Universal/On Backstreet Music (ASCAP) c/o Universal Music Publishing Group a div. of Universal Studios of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: